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Zil Haj moon not sighted in NWFP
By Zulfiqar Ali
Wednesday, 18 Nov, 2009
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The moon on the eve of Eidul Azha in 2008. – Photo by APP.

PESHAWAR: A local committee of ulema which does not follow the official Ruet-i-Hilal committee announced on Tuesday that Zil Haj moon had not been sighted and Thursday would be the first day of Zil Haj and Eidul Azha would be celebrated on Nov 28.

The committee’s meeting held at Masjid Qasim Ali Khan was presided over by its acting chief Maulana Khairul Basher. The head of the committee, Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai, has gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj.

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